Fortunes Tennis-ball, or, A proviso for all those that are elevated to take heed of falling for fortune spights more the mightie then the poore, according to the poet
Series: Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 253:E. 160, no. 5.
Publisher: s.n.]
Published: 1967
Place of publication: [S.l
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Laud, William, -- 1573-1645; Great Britain -- Religion -- 17th century.
Other titles: Fortunes Tennis-ball; Proviso for all those that are elevated to take heed of falling
Notes: In verse.

Illustrated t.p.

Contains an attack upon William Laud, Arch-bishop of Canterbury.

Reel 253:E.160, no. 5.

"A warning to all that are nurses of pride, for justice is knowne to the eagle-ey'd ; those that will climb must look to have a fall, for fortune will pat down her tennis-ball an let no man frown, for ile have all have known it, this wicked age must have a biting poet."

Reproduction of original in Thomason Collection, British Library.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1967. 1 microfilm reel : 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 253:E.160, no. 5)